Feds Want 96 Months for Man Behind North Korean IT Worker Scheme

A New Jersey man who operated a “laptop farm” used by North Korean IT workers to impersonate US employees should serve eight years in prison, federal prosecutors say.

Zhenxing Wang pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Prosecutors say his actions “threatened national security by enriching the North Korean government by more than $5 million and by providing unauthorized access to the computer systems and networks of U.S. companies,” according to a sentencing memo filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the ...